Standing Entangled: Locked Hands at the Hips or Shoulders vs Submit, Reverse, or Stand
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Tell the roomGet out of the entanglement and lock your hands. Finish, reverse, or get up.
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TOP PLAYER (STANDING, ENTANGLED)
POSITION
Standing, with one leg caught in your partner's entanglement. Two starts: their feet on the outside with the leg on the straight side, or their feet on the outside with the leg on the cross side.
OBJECTIVE
Get out of the entanglement and lock your hands.
CONSTRAINTS
Focus on getting out of the position. Locked hands only count once you're clear of the threat: you can't be in the entanglement with your hands locked. If you disentangle, you still have the job of holding them down, because they can still stand up. Tap and release the moment a heel, ankle, or knee is loaded; ease into every finish so your partner has time to tap, and reset on a tap.
WIN CONDITION
Clear of the entanglement, you get a closed-hand connection around your partner's hips or shoulders.
BOTTOM PLAYER (ENTANGLING)
POSITION
On the mat with your partner's leg entangled: feet on the outside with the leg on the straight side, or feet on the outside with the leg on the cross side.
OBJECTIVE
Finish, reverse, or get up.
CONSTRAINTS
A reversal is bottom to top in any way, including getting behind them. Getting up only counts if the two of you break apart. Tap early.
WIN CONDITION
You submit your partner; you reverse them (bottom to top in any way, including getting behind); or, if you break apart, you get up to your feet.
Coach Greg Souders, Standard Jiu-Jitsu, ADCC Camp @ 10p South Bay with Greg Souders Part 1 (free video on the Standard Jiu-Jitsu YouTube channel; Greg running practice for the ADCC camp at 10th Planet South Bay, August 2026).
Problem
Standing, with one leg caught in your partner's entanglement.
Setup
Standing, with one leg caught in your partner's entanglement. Two starts: their feet on the outside with the leg on the straight side, or their feet on the outside with the leg on the cross side. On the mat with your partner's leg entangled: feet on the outside with the leg on the straight side, or feet on the outside with the leg on the cross side.
Score
Clear of the entanglement, you get a closed-hand connection around your partner's hips or shoulders. You submit your partner; you reverse them (bottom to top in any way, including getting behind); or, if you break apart, you get up to your feet.
Rules
- Focus on getting out of the position.
- Locked hands only count once you're clear of the threat: you can't be in the entanglement with your hands locked.
- If you disentangle, you still have the job of holding them down, because they can still stand up.
- Tap and release the moment a heel, ankle, or knee is loaded; ease into every finish so your partner has time to tap, and reset on a tap.
- A reversal is bottom to top in any way, including getting behind them.
- Getting up only counts if the two of you break apart.
- Tap early.
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Standing Entangled: Locked Hands at the Hips or Shoulders vs Submit, Reverse, or Stand
Proficient
TOP PLAYER (STANDING, ENTANGLED)
Position
Standing, with one leg caught in your partner's entanglement. Two starts: their feet on the outside with the leg on the straight side, or their feet on the outside with the leg on the cross side.
Win condition
Clear of the entanglement, you get a closed-hand connection around your partner's hips or shoulders.
Constraints
Focus on getting out of the position. Locked hands only count once you're clear of the threat: you can't be in the entanglement with your hands locked. If you disentangle, you still have the job of holding them down, because they can still stand up. Tap and release the moment a heel, ankle, or knee is loaded; ease into every finish so your partner has time to tap, and reset on a tap.
BOTTOM PLAYER (ENTANGLING)
Position
On the mat with your partner's leg entangled: feet on the outside with the leg on the straight side, or feet on the outside with the leg on the cross side.
Win condition
You submit your partner; you reverse them (bottom to top in any way, including getting behind); or, if you break apart, you get up to your feet.
Constraints
A reversal is bottom to top in any way, including getting behind them. Getting up only counts if the two of you break apart. Tap early.
Elevated safety. Confirm tap-and-release before the first rep. Stop at the tap. Do not run this if the room is not already serious about it.